AMAMI-OSHIMA ISLAND, Kagoshima Prefecture--In her paintings, Mirocomachiko depicts animals and plants in bold strokes and dazzling colors that are at once humorous and mysterious, yet child-like ...

Japan's Environment Ministry on Tuesday announced that non-native mongooses have been eradicated from Amami-Oshima Island in the country's southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima. Amami-Oshima is ...

3 it has eliminated all invasive mongooses from Amami-Oshima island here, describing the eradication program as a “worldwide unprecedented achievement in protecting biodiversity.” For years ...

Scientists believe declining populations may be a key factor and have warned that a long-term analysis is needed to assess ...

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Tanaka Isson, an artist known as Japan's "Gauguin," moved to the subtropical island of Amami Oshima at the age of 50 after years of struggle. He then spent highly productive years there painting ...

Kagoshima, Jan. 30 (Jiji Press)--Sea turtle nesting has declined on Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, likely due in part to a drop in their population. The reptiles are a year-round ...

The suspect, tatami store manager Sotatsu Yanase, 45, was arrested Friday on suspicion of abandoning and damaging the body of Shizuka Takase.

Oshima, the largest of the islands off the Echizen coast, has been revered as sacred since ancient times. The island is uninhabited but is the site of Ōminato Shrine, said to have been erected in ...

LIHUE — The Matsuri Kauai, open to the public with free admission, is just one of the fruits of the sister city relationship with Suo Oshima. The students on stage will be the next people ...

Barakan Discovers Amami Oshima: Isson's Treasure Island is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV ...